Pope Francis' health remains critical but stable as the Vatican begins praying at St. Peter's Square

Vatican City – Pope Francis stays A critical but stable situation The Vatican said his blood parameters remained stable while working in the hospital while fighting double pneumonia.

The Vatican latest news said the 88-year-old pope had a follow-up cat scan Tuesday night to check for lung infection. But it does not provide details about what the scan shows, indicating that the results have not returned yet. Doctors say he has no further respiratory crisis and his prognosis is still protected.

“After obtaining the Eucharist, he resumed his work activities,” the Vatican statement said.

Vatican sources said the pope was in the same Tuesday as the night before and he was able to get up and have breakfast on his own.

The Vatican has said that the Pope is enough to meet with the Vatican Secretary of State to approve new decrees of possible saints. This shows that he is completing essential work and is looking forward to progress despite being hospitalized in critical condition.

The Vatican’s Tuesday noon announcement contained a series of major decisions, most importantly, Francis met with Vatican Royal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Edgarpeña Parra, the Vatican “alternative” ” or Chief of Staff. This is the first time the pope has met with Vatican Prime Minister Palorin since he was hospitalized on February 14.

During the audience, Francis approved the ordinance of two new saints and five people, which was the first step toward possible. Francis also decided to “convene a model of the future.”

Francis regularly approved the Vatican Christmas office decree during the Vatican, although during the audience, with the office head, not Parolin. A formal meeting of Cardinals is part of a formal meeting that sets dates for the model, which is an essential ritual step in the Christmas process, but given his illness, its announcement is also forward-looking.

There is no set date for the meeting. But, in the 11th February 2013 model, also a mediocre figure, Pope Benedict XVI declared in Latin He will resign Because he could not keep up with the rigor of the Pope. Francis said he would also consider resigning after Benedict “opened the door” and became the first pope to retire in 600 years.

In addition to audiences with Parolin, the Vatican has released Francis’ message about Lent during the pre-Easter period, another forward-looking sign. In a subsequent announcement, Francis appointed some new bishops for Brazil's new bishop, the new archbishop of Vancouver, and revised the laws of the Vatican state to create a new hierarchy.

Many of these decisions have been possible for some time. But the Vatican has said that Francis has been doing some work in the hospital, including signing documents.

On Tuesday morning, the Vatican's usual brief morning update said: “The Pope slept well all night.”

Doctors said Monday night that his double pneumonia remained critical, but reported “slight improvement” in some laboratory results. They said he had resumed work from the ward in the most optimistic announcement in a few days, calling in a parish in Gaza City to keep in touch with him since the war began.

After falling at night, thousands of faithful and faithful gathered in a rainy, cold St. Peter's Square, reciting the “Rose” every night. Prayer evoked the 2005 vigil when St. John Paul II died in the Apostle’s palace, but the current one says they are praying for the recovery of Francis.

The Vatican Secretary of State stood at the same stage that Francis usually presided over, and his rehabilitation prayer choir has expanded from all over the world since Francis was hospitalized.

“From this evening, we want to openly unite our prayers here,” Parolin said, “Pray that Francis will recover soon “at the moment of illness and judgment.”

The Argentine Pope had removed a portion of the lungs when he was young, and the doctor said his condition was touch and behavior given his age, vulnerability and pre-existing lung disease.

But in Monday's update, they said he hasn't Respiratory Crisis The flow and concentration of supplemental oxygen have been slightly reduced since Saturday. this Mild renal insufficiency The doctor said it was found that Sunday did not cause any alarm, while saying his prognosis was still under alert.

Nevertheless, in the huge square, people's moods were mostly grim, with many of them understanding about 4,000 rallies likely in the last days of Rome Frances. The crowd sat under umbrellas in folding chairs, or stood on a huge colony as they thought deeply about the pope’s legacy.

“Seeing him hurt,” said Robert Pietro, a seminary in Romania. “But we also pray for everything he did for the church on Thanksgiving.”

Pastor Roberto Allison, from Guadalajara, Mexico, said his community members gathered to appreciate “everything we learned from him.”

Angelo Bagnasco, Bishop of Cadi, paused to offer personal blessings to some, saying that the diversity of the crowds – many world languages ​​can be heard – is “important to comfort for the Catholic Church. signs”.

Several Catholic visitors in Chicago, holding umbrellas before service began, said they had prayed earlier at the Daily Mass at St. Peter's Basilica and decided to return. Like many, they found it “hard to deal with” their last days in Rome Frances.

“No one knows the day and the time, but it's a historic moment,” Edward Burjek said.

The same feels to Hatzumi Villanueva in Peru. She particularly liked former Pope St. John II, but Francis was the first Latin American pope, “closely.”

Villanueva said: “We come and pray for the Pope, and he may soon recover, which is his great mission to share with the message of peace.”

Francis's Pope also emphasized environment and part Openness to LGBTQ+ rights.

Outside the Vatican, Romans, pilgrims and even non-Catholics have said they are offering special prayers to the hospitalized pope.

“We are all sorry,” said Raniero Mancinelli, who tailored Francis’ ritual clothes and tailored them at two Popes in the shop outside the Vatican walls. The ceremony was held.

Elisabetta Zumbo carries a 5-foot cross on a closed street leading to St. Peter's Avenue, where she prepares to lead a group of 34 pilgrims from the northern Italian city of Piacenza. As the rain poured, she promised her team would pray for the Pope.

“There are a lot of emotions and a lot of sadness,” Zumbo said.

Nearby, a couple from London visited St. Peter's Basilica with their son, and even if they were not Catholics, they were the Pope in the memorial cathedral “in his home”.